Michael Phelps: More Nervous For "SNL" Than Olympics

Olympic swimming phenom Michael Phelps expects to be in deep comic waters when he hosts Saturday Night Live's 34th season premiere this weekend.

"I'm probably more nervous doing this than I was swimming in Beijing, I'll tell you that!" Phelps, 23, said Thursday.

Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals, began reading through skits with the cast Wednesday night, and it's already clear his wardrobe will be kept to a minimum, with parodies of his Olympics moments, his skimpy Speedos, his emotional mom in the stands - and even Phelps as Aquaman.

"There's some really, really funny skits - anything you can imagine, they nailed just about every topic," Phelps says.

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Comments

[OpusIsUnderTheBed]

Rremember Mike, you don't have to do the show.

[Triangle1]

Americans love this guy. I think half the reason they love him so much is because he's a dork trapped in a Olympic medalist's body. If he screws anything up, we'd only like him more. Maybe SNL will have a Mark Spitz surprise guest moment. That would be HUGE for the ratings. http://mespace.wordpress.com

[huffybike]

Having heard him speak, I think he probably should be more nervous than he was when all he had to do was swim: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2197/Michael-Phelps

[jetbanana]

You'll be fabulous, Michael. I'd watch you reading the phone book.

[vejzagic]

me too, but he must wear speedos ;)